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A. Key to the extant genera of the subfamily Exothecinae Haliday (modified from Belokobylskij, 1984, 1994b, 2000; van Achterberg, 1983) 1. Prepectal carina present in front of precoxal sulcus; occipital carina complete dorsally and area in front of it rugulose; frons with crenulate median groove; precoxal sulcus very wide............................ Orientocolastes Belokobylskij, 1999 - Prepectal carina completely absent (Fig. 2F); occipital carina usually absent dorsally, if present then area in front of it smooth (Figs 3A, 4C); frons without crenulate median groove; precoxal sulcus absent or narrow (Fig. 2F); but distinctly developed in Colastes (Discolastes Belokobylskij, 2000)................................................................ 2 2. Pronope absent or small, shallow and transverse, rarely medium-sized; clypeus convex............................. 3 - Pronope present, large and deep (Fig. 3F); sometimes obsolescent in Xenarcha; clypeus flattened..................... 4 3. Metasomal tergite V markedly enlarged, bent posteriorly and concealing subsequent tergites; tergites I–V entirely sculptured; male without occipital carina, but large temporal tubercles developed; malar suture distinct.................................................................................................... Vietcolastes Belokobylskij, 1994 - Metasomal tergite V normal; tergites II–V either smooth or sculptured; in both sexes occipital carina developed and temporal tubercles absent; malar suture indistinct or obsolescent..................................... Colastes Haliday, 1833 4. Tergites I–III forming a carapace-like metasoma, coarsely longitudinally striate, and their epipleura less sclerotised than their nota; remaining tergites covered by tergites I-III or largely so; tergite III on posterior margin with more or less distinct transparent border........................................................... Colastinus Belokobylskij, 1984 - Tergites I–III not forming a carapace-like metasoma, with their epipleura and nota equally sclerotised; remaining tergites distinctly exposed, tergite III along posterior margin without transparent border................................... 5 5. Occipital carina complete, ventrally reaching up to base of mandible (Figs 3A, 4C, 6A–E); first subdiscal cell of fore wing elongate (Figs 5B, 5D); fore wing vein 1-M of male widened, as wide as or wider than the length of vein cu-a (Fig. 5D)...................................................................................... Occipitotus gen. nov. - Occipital carina incomplete, dorsally interrupted; first subdiscal cell of fore wing broad; fore wing vein slender.......... 6 6. Metasomal tergites I–V entirely sculptured; apical tergites not protruding (or only slightly) beyond tergite V; tergites IV and V with a lateral crease.................................................... Pseudophanomeris Belokobylskij, 1984 - Metasomal tergites less sculptured, at most tergite III completely and base of tergite IV sculptured; apical tergites distinctly protruding beyond tergite V; tergites IV and V without a lateral crease........................................... 7 7. Posterior half of notauli absent or obsolescent; vein r of fore wing usually departing between basal third and base of pterostigma; if departing near basal 0.4 of pterostigma, then vein m-cu of fore wing distinctly converging to vein 1-M posteriorly................................................................................. Shawiana van Achterberg, 1983 - Posterior half of notauli distinctly impressed, (nearly) complete; vein r of fore wing departing from basal 0.4–0.6 of pterostigma and vein m-cu of fore wing less converging posteriorly.................................... Xenarcha Foerster, 1863, Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Achterberg, C. Van & Sheela, S., 2022, Studies on the subfamily Exothecinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of a new genus and a new species from India, pp. 40-52 in Zootaxa 5133 (1) on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6521264, {"references":["Belokobylskij, S. A. (1984) On the division of the tribe Exothecini s. l. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in two with the description of a new genus and subgenus. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 63, 1019 - 1026. [in Russian with English summary]","Belokobylskij, S. A. (1994 b) To the fauna of Indo - Malayan braconid wasps of the tribes Exothecini, Pambolini and Pentatermini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 245, 125 - 173. [In Russian]","Belokobylskij, S. A. (2000) New taxa of the subfamily Exothecinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. II. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 79 (1), 180 - 203. [in Russian]","van Achterberg, C. (1983) Revisionary notes on the Palaearctic genera and species of the tribe Exothecini Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 57, 339 - 355.","Belokobylskij, S. A. (1999) New genera of the subfamilies Rhyssalinae, Exothecinae and Gnamptodontinae from the Old World (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 8 (1), 155 - 169.","Haliday, A. H. (1833) An essay on the classification of the parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain, which correspond with the Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus. Entomological Magazine, 1 (iii), 259 - 276, 333 - 350.","Foerster, A. (1863) Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens, 19, 225 - 288. [1862]"]}

Occipitotus langpramensis Singh & van Achterberg sp. nov. (Figures 2–6) Holotype, female, length of body 3.1 mm and of fore wing 2.9 mm and hind wing 2.5 mm. Head.Antennae with 27–28 flagellomeres (left 28 and right 27), first flagellomere 1.1 times second flagellomere, length of first, second, third and penultimate flagellomeres 5.0, 4.4, 4.0 and 3.5 times their width, respectively (Figs 2C, 2D); terminal flagellomere acuminate; head in dorsal view slightly transverse, 1.4 times as broad as long (Fig. 3A) and 1.15 times wider than the width of mesoscutum; length of eye 1.9 times length of temple in dorsal aspect; OOL (ocular ocellar line): diameter of ocellus: POL (posterior ocellar line) = 9.5:3:4.5; vertex, temple smooth and conspicuously setose; frons smooth; face finely granulate, medially obscurely scabriculous (Fig. 2E); width of face: width of head: height of eye = 3.9: 7.3: 3.7; occipital carina complete (Fig. 3A) and reaching base of mandible, occipital flange rather wide (Fig. 6A); hypostomal carina raised into an elevated flange (Fig. 6A), its height almost equal to length of third segment of labial palp; clypeus slightly convex, dorsally smooth and ventral rim of clypeus finely foveate; hypoclypeal depression small, less than half as wide as face (Fig. 2E); malar space as wide as basal width of mandible and 0.4 times as long as the maximum width across mandibles; malar space smooth, anteriorly granulate; first tooth of mandible distinctly longer than second, both teeth of mandible acute, striate on outer side; length of maxillary palp 1.3 times height of head. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 2.0 times its height; pronope deep and large; a narrow anterior marginal pronotal sulcus crenulate; side of pronotum smooth to finely rugulose, with crenulate transverse depression (Fig. 2F); propleuron smooth, shiny and striate-rugose anteriorly; mesoscutum glabrous, shiny and anterior margin with a well-developed sulcus; notauli finely crenulate, posteriorly not strongly converging and ending in broad rugose, slightly depressed setose area (Fig. 3B); scutellar sulcus wide, deep, 0.3 times length of scutellum and rugose with a mid-longitudinally carina; scutellum weakly convex, setose and rugulose but medio-dorsally smooth; subalar depression smooth; mesopleuron largely smooth but rugose antero-dorsally and conspicuously setose ventrally (Fig. 2F); mesosternum with a foveate mid-longitudinal sulcus (mesosternal sulcus) and setose; mesopleural (epicoxal) sulcus extends dorsally and crenulate; metanotum largely smooth with a short fine streak antero-medially and posteriorly with a strongly raised median area and rugulose; propodeum and metapleuron coarsely rugose-reticulate; propodeum with a weak irregular median carina anteriorly. Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 5B): Length 3.65 times its maximum width; angle between veins 1-SR and C+SC+ R ≈ 35°; marginal cell long, vein SR1 almost reaching the wing margin, 0.95 times of distance between apex of pterostigma and wing tip; length of veins r: 3-SR: SR1 = 1.3: 4.0: 6.9; 1-SR+M evenly curved posteriorly, 0.8 times as long as 1-M; second submarginal cell narrow, length of veins 2-SR: 3-SR: r-m = 2.5: 4.0: 1.5; vein cu-a postfurcal and first subdiscal cell elongate; length of veins 1-CU1: 2-CU1: cu-a = 2.2: 7.0: 0.7; 3-CU1: CU1b = 2.2: 1.5. Hind wing (Fig. 5C): Length 5.7 times its maximum width; length of veins SC+ R 1: 2-SC+ R: 1r-m = 4.0: 0.9: 1.1; m-cu present, antefurcal; M+CU: 1-M: 1r-m = 1.2: 1.4: 0.35; 1r-m straight. Legs. Legs slender and relatively long; length of femur, tibia and tarsus of foreleg = 5.4: 7.0: 7.6; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg = 6.5: 10.6: 4.4, 4.3, 9.6 and 6.1 times longer than their maximum width, respectively; tibia as long as tarsus; hind coxa medium-sized, without a basoventral tooth, 1.8 times longer than wide, 0.55 times as long as hind femur; length of inner and outer spurs of hind tibia 0.22 and 0.18 times as long as hind basitarsus, respectively; tarsal claws simple. Metasoma. Length of tergite I 1.2 times its apical width, its dorsal surface coarsely rugose-reticulate; its dorsal carinae not joined with weak mid-longitudinal carina (Fig. 3C); dorsope distinct, with continuous crenulate depression posteriorly; laterope absent; tergite II longitudinally striate (nearly complete); second metasomal suture weak, smooth; tergite III basally with weak oblique short striate; remaining tergites entirely smooth, sparsely setose; length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.7 times as long as tergite I; ovipositor with dorsal nodus, ventral valves with 3 ventral serrations (Figs 3D, 3E). Colour. Black; antenna dark brown except scapus (ventrally) and annellus yellowish-brown; mandible pale brownish, apical teeth darker; palpi, tegulae, wing veins, metasomal tergites VII and VIII yellowish-brown; pterostigma, parastigma and vein 1-M slightly darker; wing membrane subhyaline; legs yellowish, but apical third of hind tibia and tarsus infuscate; telotarsus darker and hind coxa basally dark brown to yellowish; ovipositor pale yellowish, but apically yellowish-brown. Variations. Length of body 2.6–3.2 mm (female) or 2.0– 2.8 mm (male), and of fore wing 2.2–2.9 mm (female) or 1.8–2.5 mm (male); antenna of female with 25 (1), 27 (3), 28 (2), 29 (2) or 30 (1) flagellomeres, and of male with 23 (1), 24 (3), 25 (4), 26 (6), 27 (6) or 28 (5) flagellomeres; occipital carina complete and continues up to base of the mandible (8 females; 24 males) (Figs 6B–E) or interrupted ventrally above base of mandible (1 female, holotype; 2 males) (Fig. 6A); area between occipital and hypostomal carinae smooth (Figs 6A, 6B, 6E); a short carina running close to occipital carina (Fig. 6C), or with oblique or transverse carinae and weakly crenulate (Fig. 6D); face largely smooth or finely granulate; side of pronotum largely smooth in males, with crenulate transverse depression; propodeum coarsely rugose-reticulate, with weak median carina anteriorly (Fig. 4D) or entire; vein 3- SR of fore wing 1.6–1.9 times as long as vein 2-SR in females and that of males 1.6–1.7 times; fore wing vein 1-M of male widened, as wide as or wider than the length of vein cu-a (Fig. 5D); metasomal tergite I with (feeble) or without median carina; tergite II longitudinally striate (nearly) completely (in female) (Figs 3C, 4A) or anterior half striate (mostly in males) (Fig. 5A); second metasomal suture weak (Figs 3C, 4A) or obsolescent (Fig. 5A); length of ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.7 times as long as tergite I; metasomal tergites largely black and sclerotized, but in some males, tergites III and remaining comparatively less sclerotized and dark brown in colour. Distribution. India. Type material. Holotype female: INDIA: Manipur, Tamenglong Dist., Langpram Village, Ariangiuky stream, 25°09’27.0”N 93°33’35.0”E; appx. 363 mt. a.s.l., 3.iv.2019, sweep net on Equisetum sp. (Equisetaceae), col. L. R. K. Singh (NZC, ZSI, Kolkata; Registration No. 26520/H3); paratypes: 9 females (NZC, ZSI, Kolkata; Registration Nos. 26521-26529/H3), 26 males (NZC, ZSI, Kolkata; Registration Nos. 26530-26555/H3), data same as the holotype. Etymology. The species is name after its type locality, Langpram Village, Tamenglong Dist., Manipur., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Achterberg, C. Van & Sheela, S., 2022, Studies on the subfamily Exothecinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of a new genus and a new species from India, pp. 40-52 in Zootaxa 5133 (1) on pages 43-49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/6521264

Occipitotus Singh & van Achterberg gen. nov. (Figures 2–6) Type species: Occipitotus langpramensis Singh & van Achterberg sp. nov. Etymology. The generic name Occipitotus is masculine and refers to the complete occipital carina on the head; “occipit” stands for occipital carina and “totus” (Latin for “complete”). Diagnosis. Antenna with 22–30 flagellomeres (25–30 in female; 22–28 in male), longer than fore wing (Figs 2B, 4B), scapus small, subglobose, shorter ventrally than dorsally; occipital carina complete (Figs 3A, 4C), ventrally straight or slightly curved reaching base of mandible (rarely reduced near base of mandible) and raised into a flange; remaining widely separated from hypostomal carina (Figs 6A–E); hypoclypeal depression deep and small (Fig. 2E); clypeus slightly convex or flat, not protruding beyond the level of the face (Fig. 2A); malar suture obsolescent; pronope large and deep (Figs 3F, 4C); mesoscutum glabrous and shiny; notauli finely crenulate, terminating into rugose area posteriorly (Figs 3B, 4D); vein r of fore wing distinctly oblique and arising from basal 0.4–0.5 of pterostigma; first subdiscal cell of fore wing elongate (Figs 5B, 5D); fore wing vein 1-M of male widened, as wide as or slightly wider than length of cu-a (Fig. 5D); propodeum coarsely rugose-reticulate, with weak median carina anteriorly (Fig. 4D) or entire; dorsal carinae of metasomal tergite I not united medially and tergite coarsely rugosereticulate with (feeble) (Fig. 3C) or without (Fig. 3G) median carina; metasomal tergite II longitudinally striate (nearly) complete (Figs 3C, 4A) or anterior half striate (Fig. 5A); tergite II slightly longer than tergite III, feebly striate antero-laterally (Fig. 4A) or smooth and shiny (Fig. 5A); tergites IV–VI smooth and sparsely setose (Figs 3C, 4A); length of ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.7 times as long as first tergite (Figs 2B, 4A). Biology. Host unknown, but collected from horsetails, Equisetum sp. (Equisetaceae; Fig. 7B) along with an unidentified species of Coleoptera (Chrysomelidae; Fig. 7A); considering the biology of other species of the members of this subfamily Exothecinae, it is likely to be an ectoparasitoid of coleopterous larvae on Equisetum sp. Distribution. Oriental.

Genus Leptotrema van Achterberg, 1988 Leptotrema van Achterberg, 1988, Zool. Verh. Leiden, 247: 42; Chen & Wu, 1994, China Agric. Press, Fuzhou: 94; Belokobylskij, 1998, Key Insects Russ. Far East, Dal’nauka, Vladivostok: 219; Wharton, 2002, Invertebr. Syst., 16: 56 (as synonym of Dinotrema); Braod et al., 2016, Biodivers. Data J., 4: 33 (as subgenus of Dinotrema); Zhu et al. 2017b, Zookeys, 772: 64 (TS: Aspilota dentifemur Stelfox, 1943). Leptotrema bovefemora (Bhat, 1980) Aspilota bovefemora Bhat, 1980b, Orient. Insects, 13(3–4): 376. Dinotrema bovefemora: Fischer, 1994b, Linzer biol. Beitr., 26(1): 214. Leptotrema bovefemora: Braet & van Achterberg, 2014, Zootaxa, 3869(2): 194. TL: Ahla, Himachal Pradesh; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Himachal Pradesh (Ahla); North-West Himalaya., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["van Achterberg, C. (1988) The genera of the Aspilota - group and some descriptions of fungicolous Alysiini from The Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 247, 1 - 88.","Chen, J. - H. & Wu, Z. - S. (1994) The Alysiini of China: (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). China Agricultural Press, Fuzhou, 218 pp. [in Chinese with summary in English]","Belokobylskij, S. A. (1998) Tribe Alysiini. In: Ler, P. A. (Ed.), Key to the Insects of Russian Far East. Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 163 - 298. [in Russian]","Wharton, R. A. (2002) Revision of the Australian Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 16, 7 - 105. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / it 01012","Zhu, J. - C., van Achterberg, C. & Chen, X. - X. (2017 b) An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with three genera new for China. ZooKeys, 722, 37 - 79. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 722.14799","Bhat, S. (1980 b) Studies on the genus Aspilota Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Oriental Insects, 13 (3 - 4), 365 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1979.10433630","Fischer, M. (1994 b) Uberarbeitung von indischen Arten der Aspilota - Gruppe. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 26 (1), 195 - 247.","Braet, Y. & van Achterberg, C. (2014) A new genus and two new species of Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 3869 (2), 189 - 197. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3869.2.9"]}

Genus Dapsilarthra Foerster 1862 Dapsilarthra Foerster 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 267; Shenefelt, 1974, Hym. Cat. Pars 11: 986; Fischer, 1993b, Linzer biol. Beitr., 25(2): 595 (TS: Alysia apii Curtis, 1826). Dapsilarthra antisulcata (Bhat, 1979) Phaenocarpa antisulcata Bhat, 1979b, Orient. Insects, 13(1–2): 13. Dapsilarthra antisulcata: Fischer, 1993b, Linzer boil. Beitr., 25(2): 596. TL: Nichar, Himachal Pradesh; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Delhi; Himachal Pradesh (Nichar); North-West Himalaya; Semi-Arid: Punjab Plains. Dapsilarthra ferruginea Bhat, 1979 Dapsilarthra ferruginea Bhat, 1979c, Reichenbachia, 17(37): 323; Fischer, 1993b, Linzer boil. Beitr., 25(2): 598 (redescribed). TL: Narkanda, Shimla Hill, Himachal Pradesh; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Himachal Pradesh (Manali, Narkanda, Shimla Hill); North-West Himalaya. Dapsilarthra himachali Bhat, 1979 Dapsilarthra himachali Bhat, 1979c, Reichenbachia, 17(37): 320. TL: Ahla, Himachal Pradesh; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Himachal Pradesh (Ahla); North-West Himalaya. Dapsilarthra kashmirensis Bhat, 1979 Dapsilarthra kashmirensis Bhat, 1979c, Reichenbachia, 17(37): 322. TL: Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Jammu & Kashmir (Pahalgam); North-West Himalaya., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["Foerster, A. (1862) Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens, 19, 225 - 288.","Shenefelt, R. D. (1974) Braconidae 7, Alysiinae. In: van der Vecht, J. & Shenefelt, R. D. (Eds.) Hymenopterorum Catalogus. New Edition. Pars 11. Publisher Dr. W. Junk B. V., The Hague, pp. 937 - 1113.","Fischer, M. (1993 b) Neubeschreibungen und Wiederbeschreibungen von Kieferwespen (Hym., Braconidae, Alysiinae: Tribus Alysiini) der Alten Welt. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 25 (2), 593 - 648.","Bhat, S. (1979 b) The genus Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae). Oriental Insects, 13 (1 - 2), 1 - 27. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1979.10433538","Bhat, S. (1979 c) Three new species of Dapsilartha Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Reichenbachia, 17 (37), 319 - 324."]}

Genus Eurymeros Bhat, 1980 Eurymeros Bhat, 1980a, Entomon, 5(2): 157 (TS: Eurymeros tumespiraculus Bhat, 1980). Eurymeros gibbosa Sharma, 1983 Eurymeros gibbosa Sharma, 1983, Reichenbachia, 21(2): 129. TL: Dehradun, Uttarakhand. TD: unknown. Distribution: India *: Jharkhand (Ranchi); Uttarakhand (Dehradun); Deccan Peninsula: Chhota Nagpur, Upper Gangetic Plains (Sharma, 1991). Eurymeros mangifera Sharma, 1983 Eurymeros mangifera Sharma, 1983, Reichenbachia, 21(2): 128. TL: Uttarakhand. TD: unknown. Distribution: India *: Uttarakhand; Upper Gangetic Plains. Eurymeros namkumense Sharma & Naqvi, 1993 Euremeros namkumense Sharma & Naqvi, 1993, J. Adv. Zool., 14(1): 65. TL: Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand. TD: unknown. Distribution: India *: Jharkhand (Namkum, Ranchi); Deccan Peninsula: Chhota Nagpur. Eurymeros tumespiraculum Bhat, 1980 Eurymeros tumespiraculum Bhat, 1980a, Entomon, 5(2): 157. TL: Himachal Pradesh. TD: unknown. Distribution: India *: Himachal Pradesh; North-West Himalaya., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["Bhat, S. (1980 a) A new genus of Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Entomon, 5 (2), 157 - 159.","Sharma, V. (1983) On genus Euremeros Bhat with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Reichenbachia, 21 (21), 127 - 130.","Sharma, V. (1991) Biological observations on behavioral adaptation to coleopterous host of Euremeros gibbosa Sharma (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Journal of Advanced Zoology, 12 (1), 23 - 25.","Sharma, V. & Naqvi, A. H. (1993) New record of braconid parasites on Eublemma amabilis, Moore a pest of Kerria lacca (Kerr). Journal of Advanced Zoology, 14 (1), 64 - 66."]}

Genus Dacnusa Haliday, 1833 Dacnusa Haliday, 1833, Entomol. Mag., 1: 264; Shenefelt, 1974, Hym. Cat. Pars 11: 1081 (TS: Bracon areolaris Nees, 1811). Aphanta Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 273 (TS: Aphanta hospital Foerster, 1862). Agonia Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 274 (TS: Alysia (Dacnusa) abdita Haliday, 1839). Pachysema Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 274 (TS: Alysia (Dacnusa) macrospila Haliday, 1839). Brachystropha Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 274 (TS: Brachystropha monticola Foerster, 1862). Tanystropha Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 275 (TS: Tanystropha haemorrhoa Foerster, 1862). Rhizarcha Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 275 (TS: Bracon areolaris Nees, 1811). Liposcia Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 276 (TS: Liposcia discolor Foerster, 1862). Radiolaria Provancher, 1886, Addit. Faune Entomol. Can. Hym.: 152, 154 (TS: Radiolaria clavata Provancher, 1886). Dacnusa flava Katiyar & Sharma, 1988 Dacnusa flava Katiyar & Sharma, 1988, Trans. Indian Soc. Desert Technol. Univ. Cent. Desert Stud. Jodhpur: 145–153. TL: India; TD: unknown. Distribution: India * (no further detail). Dacnusa gangtokensis Katiyar & Sharma, 1988 Dacnusa gangtokensis Katiyar & Sharma, Trans. Indian Soc. Desert Technol. Univ. Cent. Desert Stud. Jodhpur, 1988: 145–153. TL: Gangtok, Sikkim; TD: unknown. Distribution: India *: Sikkim; Central Himalaya. Dacnusa himalayensis Katiyar & Sharma, 1988 Dacnusa himalayensis Katiyar & Sharma, Trans. Indian Soc. Desert Technol. Univ. Cent. Desert Stud. Jodhpur, 1988: 145–153. TL: India; TD: unknown. Distribution: India * (no further detail)., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["Haliday, A. H. (1833) An essay on the classification of the parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain, which correspond with the Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus. Entomological Magazine, 1 (iii), 259 - 276. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 67714","Shenefelt, R. D. (1974) Braconidae 7, Alysiinae. In: van der Vecht, J. & Shenefelt, R. D. (Eds.) Hymenopterorum Catalogus. New Edition. Pars 11. Publisher Dr. W. Junk B. V., The Hague, pp. 937 - 1113.","Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. (1811) Ichenumonides Adsciti, in genera et familias divisi. Magazin Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 5, 3 - 37.","Foerster, A. (1862) Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens, 19, 225 - 288.","Haliday, A. H. (1839) Hymenoptera Brittanica: Alysia. Balleire, London, 28 pp.","Provancher, L. (1886) Additions et corrections a la faune hymenopterologique de la province de Quebec, Quebec, 475 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 38326","Katiyar, K. N. & Sharma, V. (1988) Taxonomic studies on Dacnusa (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae: Dacnusini) from oriental region. Transactions of the Indian Soc Desert Technol Univ Cent Desert Stud. Jodhpur, 13, 145 - 153."]}

Genus Cratospila Foerster, 1862 Cratospila Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 265; Shenefelt, 1974, Hym. Cat. Pars 11: 985; Fischer, 1994a, Linzer biol. Beitr., 26(2): 776 (TS: Alysia circe Haliday, 1838). Hedylus Marshall, 1891, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.: 16; name preocc. by Foerster, 1868 (TS: Hedylus habilis Marshall, 1894). Cratospila curvabilis Bhat, 1980 Cratospila curvabilis Bhat, 1980c, Reichenbachia, 18(8): 69. TL: Kalatop, Himachal Pradesh; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Himachal Pradesh (Kalatop); North-West Himalaya., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["Foerster, A. (1862) Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens, 19, 225 - 288.","Shenefelt, R. D. (1974) Braconidae 7, Alysiinae. In: van der Vecht, J. & Shenefelt, R. D. (Eds.) Hymenopterorum Catalogus. New Edition. Pars 11. Publisher Dr. W. Junk B. V., The Hague, pp. 937 - 1113.","Fischer, M. (1994 a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Kieferwespen der Welt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae: Alysiini). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 26 (2), 763 - 806.","Marshall, T. A. (1891) A monograph of the British Braconidae Part IV. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1891, 7 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1891. tb 01642. x","Bhat, S. (1980 c) Two new species of Cratospila Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Reichenbachia, 18 (8), 67 - 71."]}

Genus Asobara Foerster, 1862 Asobara Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 267; Shenefelt, 1974, Hym. Cat. Pars 11: 964 (TS: Alysia tabida Nees, 1834). Spanista Foerster, 1862, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl., 19: 267 (TS: Spanista refescens Foerster, 1862). Asobara orientalis Viereck, 1913 Asobara orientalis Viereck, 1913a, Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 44: 639; Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1921, Rep. Proc. Ent. Meet. Pusa, 4: 364; Shenefelt, 1974, Hym. Cat. Pars 11: 965; Fischer, 1988, Ann. Nathist. Mus. Wien, 90B: 106. Phaenocarpa orientalis: Thompson, 1953, Host Par. Cat., 2: 175. Phaenocarpa (Asobara) orientalis: Papp, 1967, Reichenbachiala, 8: 148. TL: India (no further detail); TD: USNM. Distribution: South India (state not defined); Korea; Philippines (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1921; Shenefelt, 1974). Asobara pumilio Fischer & Samiuddin, 2008 Asobara pumilio Fischer & Samiuddin, 2008, Ann. Nathist. Mus. Wien, 109B: 134. TL: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh; TD: NHMV. Distribution: India *: Uttar Pradesh (Azamgarh); Upper Gangetic Plains., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["Foerster, A. (1862) Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens, 19, 225 - 288.","Shenefelt, R. D. (1974) Braconidae 7, Alysiinae. In: van der Vecht, J. & Shenefelt, R. D. (Eds.) Hymenopterorum Catalogus. New Edition. Pars 11. Publisher Dr. W. Junk B. V., The Hague, pp. 937 - 1113.","Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. (1834) Hymenopterorum ichneumonibus affinium monographiae, genera Europaea et species illustrantes. Hymenopterorum Ichneumonibus Affinium, Monographiae, 1, 1 - 320. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 26555","Viereck, H. L. (1913 a) Descriptions of six new genera and twelve new species of ichneumon-flies. Washington DC Smithsonian Institution U S National Museum Proceedings, 44, 639 - 648. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.1974.639","Ramakrishna Ayyar, T. V. (1921) A list of parasitic Hymenoptera of economic importance from South India. In: Fletcher, T. B. (Ed.), Report of the Proceedings of the Fourth Entomological Meeting, Pusa, held at Pusa on the 7 - 12 February 1921. Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, India, pp. 363 - 366.","Fischer, M. (1988) Einzelheiten zur Taxonomie exotischer Alysiinae der Gattungen Aphaereta Foerster, Asobara Foerster, Coelalysia Cameron und Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 90, B, 93 - 130.","Thompson, W. R. (1953) A Catalogue of the Parasites and Predators of Insect Pests. Section 2. Host Parasite Catalogue. Part 2. Hosts of the Hymenoptera (Agaonidae to Braconidae). Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Ottawa, 190 pp.","Papp, J. (1967) A synopsis of the Phaenocarpa Foerst. species of the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Reichenbachia, 8, 139 - 157.","Fischer, M. & Samiuddin, A. (2008) Tiny Indian Alysiinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae), collected by Ahmad Samiuddin. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 109 B, 131 - 146."]}

Genus Alysiasta Wharton, 1980 Alysiasta Wharton, 1980, Univ. Calif. Publs Entomol., 88: 22 (TS: Alysia championi Cameron, 1887). Alysiasta abbreviata (Bhat, 1979) Phaenocarpa abbreviata Bhat, 1979b, Orient. Insects, 13(1–2): 6. Alysiasta abbreviata: Fischer, 1994a, Linzer biol. Beitr., 26(2): 770. TL: Gangtok, Sikkim; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Sikkim (Gangtok); Central Himalaya. Alysiasta sikkimensis (Bhat, 1979) Phaenocarpa sikkimensis Bhat, 1979b, Orient. Insects, 13(1–2): 8. Alysiasta sikkimensis: Fischer, 1994a, Linzer biol. Beitr., 26(2): 771. TL: Gangtok, Sikkim; TD: FSCA. Distribution: India *: Sikkim (Gangtok); Central Himalaya., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["Wharton, R. A. (1980) Review of the Nearctic Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with discussion of generic relationships within the tribe. University of California publications in entomology. Vol. 88. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 112 pp.","Bhat, S. (1979 b) The genus Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae). Oriental Insects, 13 (1 - 2), 1 - 27. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1979.10433538","Fischer, M. (1994 a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Kieferwespen der Welt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae: Alysiini). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 26 (2), 763 - 806."]}

Genus Rhacalysia Cameron, 1910 Rhacalysia Cameron, 1910, Wien. Entomol. Z., 29: 9; Viereck, 1914, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 83: 127; Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1923, Rep. Proc. Entomol. Meet. Pusa, 5 th: 362; Shenefelt, 1974, Hym. Cat. Pars 11: 993 (as synonym of Idiasta); Bhat, 1979a, Orient. Insects, 12(4): 473; Marsh, 1979, Cat. Hym. Am. N. Mex. Wash., 1: 223 (as synonym of Idiasta); Wharton, 1980, Univ. Calif. Publs Entomol., 88: 49; Fischer, 1994a, Linzer biol. Beitr., 26(2): 787, 1999, Linzer biol. Beitr., 31(1): 6; de Oliveira & Penteado-Dias, 2020, ZooKeys, 976: 114 (TS: Rhacalysia rufobalteata Cameron, 1919). Rhacalysia profundinigra Fischer, 1999 Rhacalysia profundinigra Fishcher, 1999, Linzer biol. Beitr., 31(1): 7. TL: Badrinath-Govind Ghat, Uttarakhand; TD: OLML. Distribution*: India: Uttarakhand (Badrinath-Govind Ghat); West Himalaya. Rhacalysia rufobalteata Cameron, 1910 Rhacalysia rufobalteata Cameron, 1910, Wien. Entomol. Z., 29: 10. Idiasta rufobalteata: Fischer, 1967, Ann. Nathist. Mus. Wien, 70: 114, 1999, Linzer biol. Beitr., 31(1): 6; Shenefelt, 1974, Hym. Cat., pars 11: 995; Bhat, 1979a, Orient. Insects, 12(4): 474. TL: Darjeeling, West Bengal; TD: ZMB. Distribution: India *: Meghalaya (Botanical Garden, Shillong); West Bengal (Botanical Garden, Darjeeling, Algarah, Ghoom, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Singamari); Central Himalaya; North-East Hills (Bhat, 1979a)., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Chandra, Kailash & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, Catalogue of Indian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 81-100 in Zootaxa 5020 (1) on page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5223010, {"references":["Cameron, P. (1910) On some Asiatic species of the braconid Subfamilies Rhogadinae, Agathinae and Microgasterinae and of the Alysiidae. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 29, 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 23337","Viereck, H. L. (1914) Type species of the genera of ichneumon flies. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 83, I - V + 1 - 186. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.83.1","Ramakrishna Ayyar, T. V. (1923) A catalogue of the braconid wasps described from the Indian region. In: Fletcher, T. B. (Ed.), Report of the Proceedings of the Fifth Entomological Meeting, Pusa, held at Pusa on the 5 - 10 February 1923, Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, pp. 352 - 362.","Shenefelt, R. D. (1974) Braconidae 7, Alysiinae. In: van der Vecht, J. & Shenefelt, R. D. (Eds.) Hymenopterorum Catalogus. New Edition. Pars 11. Publisher Dr. W. Junk B. V., The Hague, pp. 937 - 1113.","Bhat, S. (1979 a) Indian species of Idiasta Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Oriental Insects, 12 (4), 473 - 479. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1978.10432531","Marsh, P. M. (1979) Family Braconidae. In: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D. Jr., Smith, D. R. & Burks, B. D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 144 - 295.","Wharton, R. A. (1980) Review of the Nearctic Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with discussion of generic relationships within the tribe. University of California publications in entomology. Vol. 88. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 112 pp.","Fischer, M. (1994 a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Kieferwespen der Welt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae: Alysiini). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 26 (2), 763 - 806.","de Oliveira, F. D. & Penteado-Dias, A. M. (2020) An update of the genera Idiasta Foerster and Rhacalysia Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) and the descriptions of new species from the Neotropical Region. ZooKeys, 976, 109 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 976.56751","Fischer, M. (1999) Einiges uber Kieferwespen (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 31 (1), 5 - 56.","Fischer, M. (1967) Seltene Alysiinae aus verschiedenen Erdteilen. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 70, 109 - 138."]}

Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Johnson, Norman F., Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): New species of the genus Psix Kozlov & Lê (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Zootaxa 3530: 35-42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282776

3. Psix saccharicola (Mani) (Figures 20���22) Telenomus saccharicola Mani, 1941: 26; Mani & Sharma, 1982: 142. Psix saccharicola (Mani): Johnson & Masner, 1985: 49; Rajmohana, 2006: 106; Rajmohana & Talukdar, 2010: 62. Female: Head and body black, eyes deep brown, radicle dark brown, scape yellow to yellowish-brown, clava deep brown; frons without distinct submedian carinae, width greater than eye height (32.6: 26) (Fig. 21); lateral ocellus separated from eye by distance equal to its longest diameter (OD:OOL = 4.5: 4.5); clava 5 -segmented; scape 5 x as long as wide, 4.5 x as long as radicle; antennal segments in relative proportions (length: width) from scape: 22.5: 4.5, 7: 3.5, 4.5: 3, 3.5: 3.25, 3: 3.25, 2: 3.5, 2.5: 4.5, 3: 6, 3.75: 6.25, 3: 5.75, 5.75: 4.5; netrion distinct, not obscured by pronotal sculpture, narrow, foveolate anteriorly (Fig. 20); anterior declivous portion of mesoscutum smooth; ventral lip of metascutellum smooth (Fig. 22); notaulus absent; postepimeral foveae with 10 impressions; metascutellum weakly protruding; coxae dark brown; relative proportions (length) of postmarginal, marginal, and stigma veins of forewing: 20.6: 5.7: 10. Material Examined. INDIA: New Delhi, Holotype, female, on rectangular card, labelled in black ��� Holotype, Telonomus saccharicola Mani female, C.S. 177, parasite on egg of pentatomid (?) on sugarcane leaf, IARI, New Delhi, coll. M. Ahamad, 10.VIII. 1937 ���; paratype antenna on a slide, labelled, ��� NPC (E), HYM 63, C.S. 177 from egg of pentatomid on sugarcane, Delhi, coll. M. Ahamad, 10.viii. 37 ��� (NPC)., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Johnson, Norman F. & Y, R A M A M U Rt H, 2012, New species of the genus Psix Kozlov & L�� (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), pp. 35-42 in Zootaxa 3530 on page 41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282776, {"references":["Mani, M. S. (1941) Studies on Indian parasitic Hymenoptera. I. Indian Journal of Entomology, 3, 25 - 36.","Mani, M. S. & Sharma, S. K. (1982) Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) from India. A review. Oriental Insects, 16, 135 - 258.","Johnson, N. F. & Masner, L. (1985) Revision of the genus Psix Kozlov & Le (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Systematic Entomology, 10, 33 - 58.","Rajmohana, K. (2006) Studies on Prototrupoidea and Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Insecta) of Kerala. Memoirs of the Zoologicla Survey of India, 21 (1), 1 - 153.","Rajmohana, K. & Talukdar, S. (2010) A new species of Psix Kozlov & Le (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. Biosystematica, 4 (2), 57 - 62."]}

1. Psix sunithae sp. nov. (Figures 1���16) Holotype female. Body length: 1.24 mm. Forewing: length 0.98 mm, width 0.38 mm. Hind wing: length 0.86 mm, width 0.18 mm. Body blackish, legs and antenna yellowish, except clava deep brown, radicle dark brown, scape yellowishbrown; eye deep brown; mandible dark to reddish-brown; coxae dark brown, basal half of fore femur brownish and last tarsomere greyish-brown; wings hyaline, veins light brown. Head in dorsal view transverse, 2 x as wide as long (56: 26), in frontal view subtriangular, wider then high (56: 39); lateral ocellus separated by its longest diameter from eyes, not connected by furrow; POL:LOL:OD = 18.5: 10: 4; temple short, only about 0.25 x eye height; occipital carina complete; vertex medially strongly reticulate, with scattered setae; frons with well-developed central keel, distinct submedian carinae, central keel effaced midway between antennal foramina and median ocellus; scrobes not delimited by carinae, frons dorsad of scrobe with 2���3 longitudinal rugae, sculpture effaced near central keel (Fig. 9); area between submedian and orbital carinae with single longitudinal row of setae, setal bases pustulate; frons width> eye height> malar space (31: 26: 15); genal carina parallel to posterior orbits; mandible short, wide, flat, 0.38 x as long as eye height (Fig. 10). Antenna 11 -segmented; clava 5 -segmented; scape 5.6 x as long as wide, 3.1 x as long as radicle; antennal segments in relative proportions (length: width) from scape: 24: 4.25, 7.62: 3.3, 5.75: 2.96, 3.75:3.0, 3.62: 3.25, 3.25: 3.72, 3.5: 4.62, 4.87:6.0, 5.25: 6.17, 5.12: 5.87, 6.75: 4.5. Mesosoma slightly wider than long (47: 44), narrower than head; netrion obscured by general sculpture of pronotum; mesoscutum reticulate-rugose throughout, anterior declivous portion of mesoscutum obscurely reticulate-rugulose to smooth anteriorly, with scattered setae, setal bases pustulate (Fig. 11); notaulus absent; disc of mesoscutellum rounded apically; mesoscutellum with same sculpture as mesoscutum, but reticulations comparatively smaller on mesoscutum (Fig. 13); metascutellum weakly protruding; ventral lip of metascutellum coarsely areolate-rugose (Fig. 12); fore and middle coxae contiguous, intercoxal space occluded; acetabular field, anteroventral portion of mesepisternum setose (Fig. 14); mesopleural carina flanked by foveae both posteriorly and anteriorly; postepimeral foveae with 5���6 impressions dorsally; course of metapleural carina indicated by line of foveae; forewing exceeding tip of metasoma in flexed position; postmarginal vein 3.35 x as long as marginal vein (Fig. 4); proportions (length) of postmarginal, marginal, and stigmal veins: 19.25: 5.75: 10.75. Metasoma longer than its greatest width (62: 46); T 1 trapezoidal, usually with one pair of sublateral setae; T 2 longitudinally striate in basal half, feebly striate in posterior half; interstices inbetween striae on T 2 interrupted with impressions; apex of T 2 weakly punctulate (Fig. 15); T 3 ���T 5 transverse, punctulate; lateral sulci on S 2 broadly separated posteriorly; setal fields well developed (Fig. 16); area between sulci with setigerous punctures on posterior half of sulci. Diagnosis. Psix sunithae sp. nov. closely resembles P. a s p e r Johnson & Masner and P. fusus Johnson & Masner, but differs from them in the following features: central keel distinctly reaching median ocellus (vs. not reaching median ocellus in P. f u s u s), genal carina parallel to posterior orbit (vs. carina curved towards eye in P. fusus), netrion obscured by specialized structure (vs netrion distinct, not obscured by sculpture of pronotum, narrow in P. a s p e r and broad in P. f u s u s), notaulus absent (vs. notaulus present in P. as p e r), T 1 usually with one pair of sublateral setae (vs. 1���2 pairs of sublateral setae on T 1 in P. a s p e r and no sublateral setae in P. fu s u s), and posterior half of T 2 with longitudinal striation feeble (vs. T 2 longitudinally rugulose in P. a s p e r and longitudinally striate in P. f u s u s). It also resembles Psix lacunatus Johnson & Masner, in the absence of netrion, notauli, and presence of welldeveloped submedian carinae, T 1 with one pair of sublateral setae; it differs from it in having the frons width greater than the eye height (vs. less than eye height in P. lacunatus), ventral lip of metascutellum coarsely areolaterugose (vs. punctate), and with the area between the central keel and submedian carinae dorsally longitudinally rugose, the sculpture not reaching the keel (vs. transversely rugose, rugae dorsally reaching central keel). Material Examined. Holotype female: INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Herbal garden, 5.VI. 2010, from coreid eggs, laid on the leaf of nux vomica (Strychnos nux-vomica Linnaeus), coll. P. Sunitha; Paratypes: 4 females, one female mounted in two slides; antenna and legs in one slide and wings on another slide and one female on SEM stub with wings on slide, data same as of holotype. Etymology. Named after the collector of the specimens P. Sunitha, Scientist, APHU, Venkataramannagudem, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. Biology. Collected from eggs (Figure 17) of coreid bugs (Heteroptera: Coreidae) infesting Strychnos nuxvomica (Loganiaceae) at Herbal garden, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India., Published as part of Singh, Longjam Roni Kumar, Johnson, Norman F. & Y, R A M A M U Rt H, 2012, New species of the genus Psix Kozlov & L�� (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), pp. 35-42 in Zootaxa 3530 on pages 36-39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282776